KEKENOVSKI, JOVE (2022) ,,OPEN BALKAN" (Mini Schengen) - A TRUE DEVELOPMENT CHANCE OR POLITICAL MANEUVER OF BLOCKED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU (,,ОТВОРЕН БАЛКАН” (Мини Шенген) - ВИСТИНСКА РАЗВОЈНА ШАНСА ИЛИ ПОЛИТИЧКИ МАНЕВАР НА БЛОКИРАНИТЕ ПРЕГОВОРИ СО ЕУ). XXXVI INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ,,THE TEACHER OF THE FUTURE”, 52.
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At the end of 2019, French President Emanuel Macron openly opposed the opening of European Union negotiations with Northern Macedonia and Albania, despite the recommendations of the European Commission. Aware that the accession to the EU will not happen soon, the Prime Ministers of Northern Macedonia, Albania and Serbia signed the Declaration on the Establishment of the "Mini Schengen" in October 2019 in Novi Sad. To begin with, "Mini Schengen" should represent a free economic zone between Serbia, Albania, Northern Macedonia and Kosovo, an area that has been marked for centuries as a region of conflict and instability. The idea is to make the Western Balkans a free trade region and a common regional market.
At the Economic Forum for Regional Cooperation held within the framework of the "Mini Schengen" regional initiative at the end of July 2021 in Skopje, the "Mini Schengen" initiative received a new name, "Open Balkans".
If free trade is established between all Western Balkan countries (including BiH, which has accepted the 2021-2024 action plan, and Montenegro, which has not yet made a definite statement), there is hope that this will lead to the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law in these countries. All the countries of the Western Balkans have a problem with historical prejudices, the rule of law and the fight against corruption, and the protection of human and civil rights. Solving these problems will bring us all one step closer to full EU membership and the realization of the four freedoms on which the EU is based (freedom of movement of people, goods, services and capital).
Keywords: integration, region, free trade, negotiations, regional market, initiative.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Political science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Jove Kekenovski |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2023 07:34 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2023 07:34 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/8196 |
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